Collection Contents

Series 1. Personal1964-1998

Physical Description:
11 folders

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of personal documents and other effects of Beowulf Thorne such as his passports, birth certificate, personal
notes on his estate, and articles he wrote for POZ Magazine, a magazine for and about people living with HIV. There are also
personal photographs in this series.

Box: Folder 1: 1

Birth Certificate, passport, vaccination record1964-1988

Box: Folder 1: 2

Notes on his estate

Box: Folder 1: 3

Life insurance1996

Box: Folder 1: 4

Article submitted to POZ on living with Lymphoma1988

Box: Folder 1: 5

Notes for POZ article on Collateral Damage1998

Box: Folder 1: 6

Notes for POZ article on Depression1996

Box: Folder 1: 7

Notes for POZ article on Suicide1997

Box: Folder 1: 8

Tienanmen week at Stanford1991

Box: Folder 1: 9-11

Photos

Box: Folder 1: 9

"Steam"

Box: Folder 1: 10

Personal

Box: Folder 1: 11

"A Certain Undisclosed Location in Long Beach"

Series 2. Diseased Pariah News1990-1999

Physical Description:
45 folders

Series Description

This series contains materials relating to the Thorne's magazine Diseased Pariah News. All eleven issues of the magazine
are included as well as background materials and other items related to publishing the magazine such as drafts of articles,
artwork and photographs. Also found in this series are reviews of the magazine and articles in other publications about DPN.
Finally there are correspondence files containing letter to the editors requesting back issues, subscriptions, or expressing
opinions about the magazine.

Box: Folder 1: 12-22

Magazine

Box: Folder 1: 12

#11990

Box: Folder 1: 13

#21991

Box: Folder 1: 14

#31991

Box: Folder 1: 15

#41991

Box: Folder 1: 16

#51992

Box: Folder 1: 17

#61992

Box: Folder 1: 18

#71992

Box: Folder 1: 19

#81993

Box: Folder 1: 20

#91994

Box: Folder 1: 21

#101995

Box: Folder 1: 22

#111999

Box: Folder 1: 23-30

Articles

Box: Folder 1: 23

Notes for a story: "A Brief History of Malaysia"

Box: Folder 1: 24

The Art of Ralphing1998

Box: Folder 1: 25

Submitted by Edward Zold1997

Box: Folder 1: 26

Annotated draft of articles for issue #111989

Box: Folder 1: 27

"Nutrition and PWAs from AIDS Patient Care"1988

Box: Folder 1: 28

Nutrition and Recipes1987-1994

Box: Folder 1: 29

"Pseudo Intellectual Stuff from the Halls of Academe"1996

Box: Folder 1: 30

"Vague Ideas for DPN"1992

Box: Folder 1: 31 - 2: 15

DPN Artwork

Box: Folder 1: 31

DPN # 11990

Box: Folder 1: 32

DPN # 21991

Box: Folder 1: 33

DPN # 31991

Box: Folder 1: 34

DPN # 41991

Box: Folder 1: 35

DPN # 101995

Box: Folder 2: 1

Artwork by Kira

Box: Folder 2: 2

"Jesus Came to My House"

Box: Folder 2: 3

"History of Malaysia"

Box: Folder 2: 4

Paper Merit Badges for DPN Buttons

Box: Folder 2: 5-14

DPN Photographs

Box: Folder 2: 5

DPN # 11990

Box: Folder 2: 6

DPN # 21991

Box: Folder 2: 7

DPN # 31991

Box: Folder 2: 8

DPN # 41991

Box: Folder 2: 9

DPN # 51992

Box: Folder 2: 10

DPN # 61992

Box: Folder 2: 11

DPN # 71992

Box: Folder 2: 12

DPN # 81993

Box: Folder 2: 13

DPN # 91994

Box: Folder 2: 14

DPN # 101995

Box: Folder 2: 15-19

Press

Box: Folder 2: 15

Promotional Material

Box: Folder 2: 16

Press Kit1991

Box: Folder 2: 17

Articles1991-1994

Box: Folder 2: 18

Reviews1991-1995

Box: Folder 2: 19

Bay Guardian's Best of the Bay Award to DPN1996

Box: Folder 2: 20-24

Correspondence

Box: Folder 2: 20

Forms

Box: Folder 2: 21

Postcards and Christmas Card Printed by DPN1991

Box: Folder 2: 22

Letters from Fans1991-1999

Box: Folder 2: 23

Letters from Prisoners Requesting Free Subscriptions1997-1998

Box: Folder 2: 24

Letters Requesting Back Issues1997-1999

Series 3. Zines1990-1997

Physical Description:
4 folders

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of other zines collected by Thorne. These publications had a similar irreverent approach to the AIDS
crisis.

Box: Folder 2: 26

The Daily Plague #6

Box: Folder 2: 27

Factsheet Five: Zine Reader1997

Box: Folder 2: 28

GAWK Newsletter (Gay Artists and Writers Kollective), #4-61990

Box: Folder 3: 1

HardWear: The Art of Prevention, Hugh Rigby and Susan Leibtag1994

Series 4. Condom Resource Center1990-1998

Physical Description:
14 folders

Scope and Content Note

This series contains materials produced by the Condom Resource Center (CRC) in Oakland. Thorne worked very closely with this
organization, helping create artwork and other content for their safe sex campaigns. Included in this series are examples
of some of Thorne's artwork as well as photographs. There are also several publications put out by the CRC such as several
versions of the Condom Educator's Guide.

Box: Folder 3: 2

Condom Updates1990-1994

Box: Folder 3: 3

Corrected Draft and Layout of Condom Educator's Guideca. 1991

Box: Folder 3: 4

Condom Educator's Guideca. 1991

Box: Folder 3: 5

Condom Educator's Guide, Version Twoca. 1994

Box: Folder 3: 6

Artwork Related to Condom Educator's Guide, Version Twoca. 1994

Box: Folder 3: 7

Photos for Condom Educator's Guide, Version 2

Box: Folder 3: 8

Official Condom Tester Catalog1990

Box: Folder 3: 9

National Condom Week Booklet1997-1998

Box: Folder 3: 10

ondom Primer. # 1 and 21988-1990

Box: Folder 3: 11

Party Packs1988-1991

Box: Folder 3: 12

Captain Condom's Original Party Pack Booklet1991

Box: Folder 3: 13

Ephemera1990

Box: Folder 3: 14

Artwork Related to CRC Poster and Handbook1997-1998

Box: Folder 3: 15

Artwork Related to CRC Organizer1991

Series 5. Photos/Artwork1989-1992

Physical Description:
24 folders

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of the photographs and other artwork created by Beowulf Thorne. His skills as a photographer and an
artist are illustrate by these items.

Box: Folder 3: 16-30

Photos

Box: Folder 3: 16

My Vapid Youth

Box: Folder 3: 17

Nerd Pictures

Box: Folder 3: 18

Use Your Head

Box: Folder 3: 19

Socks for Cocks

Box: Folder 3: 20

Biffy with Lube Bottles1991

Box: Folder 3: 21

Cranky and Dusty Fellating Unseen Spirits1989

Box: Folder 3: 22

Voyage of Dysfunctionality; Tommy Jo's Last Trip Home1990

Box: Folder 3: 23

Biffy Doing Rain Dance with Proper Prophylaxis

Box: Folder 3: 24

Biffy's Publicity Pix: Nezz. Fezz,and Lezz1990

Box: Folder 3: 25

Greetings from Greater Slobovia (for GAWK #5)1989

Box: Folder 3: 26

Cranky, Humpy and Sleazy for DPN Xmas Card1991

Box: Folder 3: 27

Use Your Head

Box: Folder 3: 28

Strange but True; Odd Bits of Tom Shearer

Box: Folder 3: 29

What's Wrong with This Picture? (unsolicited snapshots from fans)

Box: Folder 3: 30

Model Releases1992

Box: Folder 4: 1-9

Artwork (oversized box, 20" x 16" x 3.5")

Box: Folder 4: 1

Drawings of People

Box: Folder 4: 2

Drawings of Dinosaurs / Monsters

Box: Folder 4: 3

Drawings of Various Subjects

Box: Folder 4: 4

Typeset Pages

Box: Folder 4: 5

Source Artwork Related to Conceptual Ideas

Box: Folder 4: 6

Un-mounted Posters, Covers, Photo, and Miscellaneous

Box: Folder 4: 7

Mounted DPN Covers (#4, 6, 7, 8,9)

Box: Folder 4: 8

Mounted Drawings: Panels of Captain Condom, Other Mounted Art

Box: Folder 4: 9

Mounted Drawings: Modes of Transportation

Series 6
Objectsundated, 1990

Physical Description: 1 box

Series Description

This series contains ephemera from Diseased Pariah News and other organizations.